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U.S. coronavirus death toll tops 80,000 - Reuters tally

By Lisa Shumaker

 

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FILE PHOTO: A U.S. Marine stands beside the flag-draped coffin of a veteran who contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett, Massachusetts, U.S., May 4, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

 

(Reuters) - U.S. coronavirus deaths topped 80,000 on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, as nearly all states have taken steps to relax lockdown measures.

 

Deaths in the United States, the epicenter of the global pandemic, have averaged 2,000 a day since mid-April despite efforts to slow the outbreak.

 

The death toll is higher than any fatalities from the seasonal flu going back to 1967 and represents more U.S. deaths than during the first eight years of the AIDS epidemic, from 1981 to 1988.

 

Total coronavirus cases in the United States have exceeded 1.3 million with infections rising in such states as Mississippi, Minnesota and Nebraska, highlighting the risk of a new wave of COVID-19 outbreaks.

 

Cases are falling in New Jersey and New York at the epicenter of the pandemic in the United States, accounting for nearly half of the American deaths from COVID-19, according to the Reuters tally, and the two states have among the strictest lockdown rules still in place.

 

GRAPHIC: Tracking the novel coronavirus in the U.S. https://graphics.reuters.com/HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-USA/0100B5K8423/index.html

 

(Writing by Lisa Shumaker; Editing by Howard Goller)

 

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34 minutes ago, webfact said:

Cases are falling in New Jersey and New York at the epicenter of the pandemic in the United States, accounting for nearly half of the American deaths from COVID-19

 

Democrat run shambles, as per normal, yet somehow its all Trump Trump Trump. 

 

Lord knows how many elderly were killed just from Cuomo's executive order to force nursing homes to take coronavirus patients. 

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5 minutes ago, Phulublub said:

Allow 40,000 to arrive from China with no checks or quarantines after stopping flights.  Dems fault?

Allow flights from UK and Ireland with no checks or quarantines after stopping flights from Europe.  Dems fault?

Ensuring social distancing on domestic flights.  Dems fault?

Ensuring social distancing on Amtrak.  Dems fault?

Having States compete against one another to source and buy PPE.  Dems fault?

Not enacting DPA to make sure enough PPE produced.  Dems fault?

Doing pretty much zero Federal prep work for the whole of February.  Dems fault?

Setting out guidelines for opening, then calling on States to "Liberate" against those very guidelines.  Dems fault?

Stating again and again and again that anyone who wants a test can have one.  But failing miserably.  Dems fault?

Stating there is no problem, really, but going into a tailspin of fear when someone close to the President test positive.  Dems fault?

 

The list goes on and on and on.

 

NONE of the above has ANYTHING to do with the horrendous death toll and mismanagement of those 2 states which account for almost half of the US coronavirus deaths - not to mention most of those are contextless swipes and fake news.

 

People who post things like you posted do not have any desire to know why things are happening the way they are in the USA, its partisan trash from unserious people who from day one couldn't look past Trump, and refuse to do so even now - which is unfortunate because people who need legitimate blame will go un punished and not held to account for their actions and decisions both in the face of the virus and their management prior to the virus that leads to the deaths of so many people. 

 

12 minutes ago, Phulublub said:

Will all the Stable Genius's fans still think he can do no wrong and blaming Democratic Governors when States run by Republicans start to see numbers ramping up ?  Probably

 

And if they dont, and it proves how god awful Dem run states are, you guys will still blame Trump and absolve people who really need to be held to account. 

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51 minutes ago, Siamjim said:

480,000 died yearly alone from smoking, 647,000 from heart disease and did the world stop.  

Very relevant, and even worse, four and a half million people die every year from diabetes related ailments, but do they outlaw sugar ?

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9 hours ago, Mama Noodle said:

And if they dont, and it proves how god awful Dem run states are, you guys will still blame Trump and absolve people who really need to be held to account

That's the problem in the US, either all dems or reps or dems vs fed (trump) ... it's unbelievable painful to watch this from the sidelines how divided this country is. It's all blaming and fighting, fighting the dems, fighting the reps, fighting the media ... meanwhile all the ppl die.

 

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31 minutes ago, pineapple01 said:

How do all these countries know who died from what.Many have 500K die every year in UK. Seems a bit Guesstimated in some places.

By the death certificate? Just a guess......

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8 hours ago, pineapple01 said:

From what i remember about Florida you'd have to shake half the population to see if their Dead or not

My older brother, a huge trump supporter is all angry because his Thai wife there is STILL waiting for her unemployment LOL

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9 minutes ago, RedPill said:

That's the problem in the US, either all dems or reps or dems vs fed (trump) ... it's unbelievable painful to watch this from the sidelines how divided this country is. It's all blaming and fighting, fighting the dems, fighting the reps, fighting the media ... meanwhile all the ppl die.

 

Sad Even when President Bush called for all to forget partisanship bickering trump discredited him WoW

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Just saw on the news that New York is going to open up and they still have 200 a day dying !!  <deleted> !  We still have restrictions in Perth and there have been 8 days straight with no new cases.

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10 hours ago, Phulublub said:

 

Allow 40,000 to arrive from China with no checks or quarantines after stopping flights.  Dems fault?

Allow flights from UK and Ireland with no checks or quarantines after stopping flights from Europe.  Dems fault?

Ensuring social distancing on domestic flights.  Dems fault?

Ensuring social distancing on Amtrak.  Dems fault?

Having States compete against one another to source and buy PPE.  Dems fault?

Not enacting DPA to make sure enough PPE produced.  Dems fault?

Doing pretty much zero Federal prep work for the whole of February.  Dems fault?

Setting out guidelines for opening, then calling on States to "Liberate" against those very guidelines.  Dems fault?

Stating again and again and again that anyone who wants a test can have one.  But failing miserably.  Dems fault?

Stating there is no problem, really, but going into a tailspin of fear when someone close to the President test positive.  Dems fault?

 

The list goes on and on and on.

 

No matter how you cut it, the Federal response has been woeful.  The constant attempts to shift blame while, at the same time, trying to take credit for imagined "wins" is breathtaking.  Will all the Stable Genius's fans still think he can do no wrong and blaming Democratic Governors when States run by Republicans start to see numbers ramping up ?  Probably

 

PH

 

Excellent post with very good points........all of which are out there for the whole of the US to see, all but the trumpists that is. 

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24 minutes ago, xylophone said:

Excellent post with very good points........all of which are out there for the whole of the US to see, all but the trumpists that is. 

Per the constitution of the United States,  the governor of each state has the power not Trump.  Gavin Newsom of California did a great job in managing the crisis while the clowns in New York get an F.

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27 minutes ago, JCauto said:


So Trump is simultaneously the greatest President ever who has done a fantastic job in three years yet he's completely unable to resolve the (ongoing) national fiasco when faced with his first real test? So please answer the question I've asked several of you but have yet to receive a response.

"What did Trump and his administration do to combat the Coronavirus from the beginning of February to early March 2020 with the time he bought by stopping people coming in from China?"

His replies are the same as the answer.

 

Nothing.

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2 hours ago, phantomfiddler said:

Very relevant, and even worse, four and a half million people die every year from diabetes related ailments, but do they outlaw sugar ?

Please ensure everyone sits at least 2 meters away from you so they dont catch diabetes from you.

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